decodeBase58() {
    echo -n "$1" | sed -e's/^\(1*\).*/\1/' -e's/1/00/g' | tr -d '\n'
    dc -e "$dcr 16o0$(sed 's/./ 58*l&+/g' <<<$1)p" |
    while read n; do echo -n ${n/\\/}; done
}

encodeBase58() {
    echo -n "$1" | sed -e's/^\(\(00\)*\).*/\1/' -e's/00/1/g' | tr -d '\n'
    dc -e "16i ${1^^} [3A ~r d0<x]dsxx +f" |
    while read -r n; do echo -n "${base58[n]}"; done
}